Lucea Inlier, central block: Late Santonian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Platyceramus cycloides
(Wegner 1905)
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| cf. ashenensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.4° North, 78.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 85.7 - 83.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Harvey River |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 99826 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-11-23 21:05:58 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-23 21:05:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34318. | S. K. Donovan, S. F. Mitchell, and D. N. Lewis. 2006. The irregular echinoid Nucleopygus from the Upper Cretaceous of western Jamaica. Cretaceous Research 27:577-583 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |